WSC Pre-TOC Practice Challenge #1
A 60 question practice challenge about most of the 2019 curriculum in the WSC for those about to compete for the Tournament of Champions. Scores are given upon completion for you to see your strengths and areas for improvement. Best of luck all of you!
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What is the most well believed theory as to how the Pyramids were created?
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Which of these designs drawn in the Nazca Desert is the longest?
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Which film may be referenced in the Toynbee Tiles?
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What is the name of the book released by Cicada 3301?
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Which of these extremes can tardigrades NOT survive?
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What is the Voynich Manuscript named after?
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What is the form of writing used in Rongorongo known as?
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What damaged the Singapore Stone?
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Which of these is not a theory as to why we sleep?
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If you are more resistant to Malaria, what blood type are you likely have?
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Who coined the term Eugenics?
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During which era was colonialism at its peak?
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Which societal norm depicts what actually happens?
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Which of these is a relevant criticism of Social Exchange Theory?
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Which of these is an important aspect of Self-Categorization?
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What are you undergoing if you believe that everyone watches football, and you then watch football?
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Which type of people does the Seceder Model most apply to?
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Which marginalized group would most agree with the statement ‘It takes a village to raise a child?’
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Where is the largest Slum City in the world?
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 Where are the Akhdam from?
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How does someone who is practicing temporary mobility find their way back home?
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If the Kahs-Wan were to occur on Earth, where would it most likely be done?
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What are King Oyo’s responsibilities as King of Toro?
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What type of economy is domestic servitude usually in?
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How would a house elf be freed from servitude?
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What were slaves in Ancient Greece NOT allowed to do?
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Where was the Code of Ur-Nammu written?
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What Chinese Dynasty had the earliest evidence of slavery?
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Which of these countries has lifted the most people out of poverty?
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 Which group of Barbarians sacked Rome?
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What caused the lack of international consensus on electrical outlets?
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In what country is the coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth?
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Which movie popularised the hoverboard?
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What does EMV stand for?
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What was the first phone to use an NFC chip?
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Who invented the Optophone?
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What was the name of the first ever voice recognition software?
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What condition would a toothbrush have to meet to be considered ‘ultrasonic’?
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Which of these technologies remains too expensive for general domestic use?
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 Who invented the first electric dishwasher?
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What position would Chris Martin and Guy Berry argue is the most isolating?
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Who was the initial target audience for the song “Y.M.C.A.”?
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Which of these would a collection manager NOT do?
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Based on their works, which author would sympathise most to the singer of “Motorcycle Drive-By”?
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What event is mentioned in the song “Me and the Sky”?
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Which of these pieces would NOT have had a sound engineer involved in its production?
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What does the term “stag” refer to in the painting “Stag at Sharkey’s”?
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What language was the song “Mbube” originally written in?
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Which of these countries’ flags cannot be found in the piece “Pacific”?
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In which year was the painting “Woman-Ochre” stolen?
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Which of these people acted as Barack Obama’s speech ghostwriter?
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‘Wayward Sisters’ was going to be a spinoff from which T.V. show?
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Which of these groups could NOT receive an Oscar for their work?
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Based on the language the Stork speaks in The Ugly Duckling, what Unsolved Mystery would he be the most interested in?
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How might one best describe the tone of ‘The Octopus’?
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What part of The Statue of Liberty is ‘The New Colossus’ inscribed on?
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What coding language is featured in ‘Hidden Figures’?
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What is the name of the narrator’s deceased wife in ‘The Raven’?
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What are superpowers referred to in ‘Fitting In’?
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 What is the tone at the end of ‘What Kind of Asian Are You?’
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